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West Midlands Metro extended to Millennium Point
UK: Tram operator West Midland Metro opened the first stage of its Birmingham Eastside extension on April 5.
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Romanian railway modernisation contracts awarded
ROMANIA: Infrastructure manager CFR SA has awarded the Asocierea TrackWorks consortium of Alstom and Terna contracts for modernisation of two sections of the Craiova – Drobeta Turnu Severin – Caransebeș route totalling 83 km.
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Australasian Railway Association organises InnoTrans 2026 delegation
INNOTRANS: The Australasian Railway Association is organising a delegation to this year’s InnoTrans trade fair in Berlin, which it says will present a valuable opportunity to showcase Australia’s rail industry on the global stage.
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‘Global first’ in London tram track renewals
UK: In what supplier Sika says is a world first, contractor VolkerRail has installed polymer rail grout on a section of embedded track on the London Trams network using a machine instead of manual application.
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Open payments kick off ahead of World Cup
USA: Seattle’s Sound Transit has worked with INIT to deploy ‘Tap to Pay’ open payment on its Orca fare system, enabling users of seven light rail, bus and ferry operators in the Puget Sound region to pay using a contactless credit or debit card or a mobile wallet.
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Bi-mode inter-city trainsets on test in New South Wales
AUSTRALIA: Test running of the first of 29 Civity electro-diesel multiple-units built by CAF has started on the New South Wales network.
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Comment: Security concerns reflect rail’s reliance on its people
Deutsche Bahn has unveiled fresh measures to protect staff following a fatal assault in February. Our Executive Editor Nick Kingsley argues that this incident has shone a light on an under-recognised aspect of railway safety, while highlighting the importance of railway people amid a growing clamour for automation.
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Regulation: How an interventionist infrastructure manager spurred high speed rail demand in Spain
Acting as a guiding mind in terms of redesigning and reallocating capacity, ADIF Alta Velocidad helped to stimulate demand for high speed rail travel in Spain, challenging the belief that infrastructure managers should remain passive or only reactive.
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Infrastructure: Eulynx controllers support digital transformation
The development of vendor-independent standards under the Eulynx programme has enabled the introduction of modular object controllers that support digitalisation whilst ensuring backwards and forwards compatibility.
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Collaboration agreement aims to keep Rotterdam rail freight moving
NETHERLANDS: Six rail freight operators have signed an agreement led by the Port of Rotterdam Authority which aims to improve operational co-operation to prevent delays and cancellations on the line from Kijfhoek to Maasvlakte.
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Railway supply industry news round-up
This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.
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Loco unveiling reflects Medway’s emergence in evolving French freight market
FRANCE: Amid the structural evolution of the French rail freight market, MSC subsidiary Medway is seeking to grow. Jérémie Anne reports from Lyon, where the operator marked the launch of its second regular flow and unveiled a batch of multi-system locos.
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Loram partnership to expand One Big Circle’s circumference around the world
UK: US-headquartered track maintenance and monitoring company Loram has acquired a minority stake in One Big Circle in a strategic partnership which aims to combine Automated Intelligent Video Review technology with Loram’s global reach and rail infrastructure expertise.
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RJ Corman to use Intramotev autonomous wagons
USA: Autonomous self-propelled wagon company Intramotev has announced a commercial agreement for its TugVolt battery-powered vehicles to be used for industrial shunting operations on RJ Corman Railroad Co’s Memphis Line.
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Zambia Railways Ltd seeks private financing to fix three broken legs
ZAMBIA: Zambia Railways Ltd is seeking US$60m from development finance institutions and the private sector to rehabilitate infrastructure, signalling and telecoms.
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Lumo reveals first glimpse of refurbished Class 222 trains as West Coast base opens
UK: FirstGroup’s open access operator Lumo hopes to order new-build battery-electric trainsets if it secures longer access rights to run its upcoming London to Stirling services.
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Train operator trials tool to optimise timetables during unplanned disruption
UK: Inter-city train operator Avanti West Coast is trialling a timetable optimisation tool developed to boost service reliability during unplanned disruption such as speed restrictions or line closures.
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Next sections of Napoli – Bari high speed line open
ITALY: Services have started on two rebuilt sections of the main line between Napoli and Bari, which is being modernised and partly realigned to enable operation at up to 250 km/h.
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Urban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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Consortium chosen to deliver Mexican ETCS project
MEXICO: National rail and public transport agency ATTRAPI has awarded a consortium of Siemens Mobility and local partner Sonda a contract to design and supply ETCS Level 1 as part of work to upgrade the Mexico City – Querétaro – Irapuato rail corridor to carry passenger services.
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